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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Mailcap configuration file
+" Maintainer:	Doug Kearns
+" Last Change:	2002 November 24
+" URL:		http://mugca.its.monash.edu.au/~djkea2/vim/syntax/mailcap.vim
+
+" For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
+" For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+syn match  mailcapComment	"^#.*"
+
+syn region mailcapString	start=+"+ end=+"+ contains=mailcapSpecial oneline
+
+syn match  mailcapDelimiter	"\\\@<!;"
+
+syn match  mailcapSpecial	"\\\@<!%[nstF]"
+syn match  mailcapSpecial	"\\\@<!%{[^}]*}"
+
+syn case ignore
+syn match  mailcapFlag		"\(=\s*\)\@<!\<\(needsterminal\|copiousoutput\|x-\w\+\)\>"
+syn match  mailcapFieldname	"\<\(compose\|composetyped\|print\|edit\|test\|x11-bitmap\|nametemplate\|textualnewlines\|description\|x-\w+\)\>\ze\s*="
+syn match  mailcapTypeField	"^\(text\|image\|audio\|video\|application\|message\|multipart\|model\|x-[[:graph:]]\+\)\(/\(\*\|[[:graph:]]\+\)\)\=\ze\s*;"
+syn case match
+
+" Define the default highlighting.
+" For version 5.7 and earlier: only when not done already
+" For version 5.8 and later: only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet
+if version >= 508 || !exists("did_mailcap_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_mailcap_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink mailcapComment		Comment
+  HiLink mailcapDelimiter	Delimiter
+  HiLink mailcapFlag		Statement
+  HiLink mailcapFieldname	Statement
+  HiLink mailcapSpecial		Identifier
+  HiLink mailcapTypeField	Type
+  HiLink mailcapString		String
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "mailcap"
+
+" vim: tabstop=8